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For approximately one decade, Michael Johnson held the world records in the 200 meters, 400 meters and indoor 400 meters, as well as the world's best time in the 300 meters and the world record for the 4 by 400 meter relay. He is still a world record holder for the 4 x 400 meter relay.
Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. [2] He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m.
The championship records for the event are 43.18 seconds for men, set by Michael Johnson in 1999, and 47.99 seconds for women, set by Jarmila Kratochvílová in 1983. The men's world record has been broken at the competition on one occasion and Johnson's championship record remains the world record as of 2015. [1]
The first world record in the 400 m for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912.The IAAF ratified Charles Reidpath's 48.2 s performance set at that year's Stockholm Olympics as a world record, but it also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards (402.336 metres) run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.
The current men's world record and Olympic record is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa; his time of 43.03 seconds is the fastest 400 m ever run, in either an open 400 m or a relay. While Michael Johnson holds the fastest 400 m relay split with a time of 42.94, relay splits are typically faster because athletes have a running start and ...
World record Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18: Seville, Spain: 26 August 1999 Championship record Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18: Seville, Spain 26 August 1999 World Leading LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.50: Baie-Mahault, France: 3 July 2009 African record Gary Kikaya (COD) 44.10: Stuttgart, Germany: 9 September 2006 Asian record Mohamed Amer Al-Malky (OMA ...
The league also announced it had signed world-record hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sprinting great Michael Johnson is launching a track league that looks to assemble nearly 100 of the sport's ...
The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12 and 14 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Fifty-three athletes from 35 nations competed. [2] The event was won by 0.73 seconds by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who broke the world record and won the nation's second gold medal in the men's 400 metres (after Bevil Rudd in 1920).